Plain language law

New Zealand law explained for everyone

Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Youth justice - Jurisdiction of Youth Court

274: Young person may elect trial by jury in certain cases

You could also call this:

"You can choose a jury trial for some crimes"

Illustration for Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

If you are a young person charged with a category 3 or 4 offence, you can choose to be tried by a jury, as long as you are not charged with murder or manslaughter. You make this choice under section 50 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, and this section applies to you with some modifications. This means you follow the rules in that section to make your choice.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

This page was last updated on

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM153420.

Topics:
Crime and justice > Courts and legal helpCrime and justice > Criminal law
Previous

273: Manner of dealing with offences (other than murder, manslaughter, or offence specified in Schedule 1A), or

"How the law deals with young people who commit crimes, except for very serious ones like murder"

Next

275: Manner of dealing with offence of murder or manslaughter, or Schedule 1A offence, or where jury trial to be held, or

"How the court deals with young people charged with serious crimes like murder or manslaughter"

Part 4Youth justice
Jurisdiction of Youth Court

274Young person may elect trial by jury in certain cases

  1. If a young person is charged with a category 3 or 4 offence, other than murder or manslaughter, the young person may elect to be tried by a jury for that offence.

  2. The young person's election must be made and dealt with under section 50 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011, which applies with all necessary modifications.

Notes
  • Section 274: replaced, on , by section 4 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Amendment Act (No 2) 2011 (2011 No 83).